Photo Illustration By Brent Drinkut/Journal & Courier -- Handcuffs at the Tippecanoe County jail in Lafayette on Tuesday, May 12, 2010.

Written by

Douglas Walker
dwalker@muncie.gannett.com

Police say a Henry County father became violent while trying to improve his 3-year-old son's grammar.

Kenneth R. Webb, 29, 4433 N. Raider Road, Middletown, was charged Monday with neglect of a dependent, a Class C felony carrying a standard four-year prison term, and battery resulting in bodily injury to a person under the age of 14, a Class D felony with a standard 18-month sentence.

According to reports by the Henry County sheriff's department, police were notified last week that Webb had repeatedly struck the child in the face, causing "bruising and physical pain." ...